Postdoctoral researcher
October 2003 - August 2005
Ph. D. 2000, Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
M.S. 1996, Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
B.A. 1992, Biology, Grinnell College
Project: North Temperate Lakes Microbial Observatory
Current: Assistant Professor at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science
Ph. D. 2003 (Limnology)
B.F.A., 1995, Creative Writing, Bowling Green State University
B.S., 1995, Geology/Paleobiology, Bowling Green State University
M.S., 1999, Biology/Aquatic Ecology, Bowling Green State University
Advised by Eric Triplett, University of Florida - Gainsville
Project: North Temperate Lakes Microbial Observatory
Current: Postdoc, Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Postdoctoral researcher (joint with Joel Pedersen, Soil Science)
September 2005 - August 2007
PhD., 2005, Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Project: Prion fate in wastewater treatment plants
Current: Assistant Professor at Elmhurst College, Department of Chemistry
PhD Student, Microbiology Doctoral Training Program
October 2003 - December 2007
Postdoctoral Researcher
January 2008 - May 2008
PhD, 2008, Microbiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
B.S., 2002, Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Project: North Temperate Lakes Microbial Observatory
Current: Postdoc, Mary Ann Moran Lab, University of Georgia in Athens
M.S. Environmental Engineering, 2005
September 2003 - July 2005
B. S. Biological Environmental Engineering
Cornell University
Project: Molecular sequence diversity of antimicrobial resistance genes in natural microbial communities
Current: Consulting Engineer, Malcolm Pirnie, Chicago, IL
M.S. Environmental Engineering, 2006
September 2004 - June 2006
B. S. Civil Engineering
University of North Dakota
Project: Construction and optimization of a denitrifying fluidized bed reactor for tertiary wastewater treatment at the Nine Springs Wastewater Treatment Plant
Current: Consulting Engineer, CH2M Hill, Milwaukee, WI
M.S. Environmental Engineering, 2004
January 2003 - August 2004
B.S. Civil Engineering
Washington University, St. Louis
Project: Construction and optimization of a denitrifying fluidized bed reactor for tertiary wastewater treatment at the Nine Springs Wastewater Treatment Plant
Current: Consulting Engineer, JJR, Madison, WI.
M.S. Environmental Engineering, 2005
September 2003 - June 2005
B.S. Chemistry, Biology, and Environmental Science
Bangalore University, India
M.S. Environmental Sciences
University of Pune, India
Project: Bioaugmentation of onsite wastewater treatment systems: an assessment of the efficacy of commercial bacterial additives in laboratory-scale anaerobic mesocosms.
Current: Consulting Engineer, Barr Engineering, Minneapolis, MN.
Erin Seyfried
M.S. Candidate
August 2005 - August 2007
Formerly: Undergraduate Researcher and Holstrom Fellow (Summer 2004)
Project: Tetracycline resistance genes in natural microbial communities
Azivy Che Aziz
B.S. Chemical and Biological Engineering
September 2006 - August 2007
Mentor: Stuart Jones, PhD candidate
Heather Clifford
B.S. Candidate (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
June 2007 - August 2007
Project: Bacterial community dynamics freshwater lakes
Mentor: Ashley Shade, PhD candidate
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Valerie Bauza
B.S. Candidate (Environmental Engineering)
September 2006 - current
Project: Bacterial community dynamics in freshwater lakes
Mentor: Stuart Jones, PhD candidate
Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) Student
Project: Design and assembly of a bioreactor to perform enhanced biological phosphorus removal.
Visiting from Southern University and A&M, Summer 2003.
Undergraduate Researcher and Holstrom Fellow (Fall 2004)
B.S. Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2005
September 2003 - July 2005
Project: Operation of a sequencing batch reactor carrying out
enhanced biological phosphorus removal
Current: M.S. Candidate, University of Washington, Seattle with H. D. Stensel
Summer Undergraduate Researcher (NSF-REU)
Summer 2006
Project: Population dynamics of phosphorus accumulating organisms in full-scale wastewater treatment plants.
Emma Ingebretsen
B.S. Candidate (Molecular Biology major)
January 2006 - current
Project: Tetracycline resistance genes in natural microbial communities
Mentor: Erin Seyfried, MS candidate
B.S. Candidate (Bacteriology)
January 2006 - December 2006
Project: Bacterial phosphorus cycling in freshwater lakes
Mentor: Ryan Newton, PhD candidate
Undergraduate Research Intern through the HHMI Symbiosis Summer Program
Centre College
June 2005 - August 2005
Project: Actinobacteria in Wisconsin Lakes
Brad Tebbets
Summer Undergraduate Researcher (NSF-REU)
Summer 2004
B.S. Biotechnology, Rochester Institute of Technology
Project: North Temperate Lakes Microbial Observatory
Current: Ph.D. Candidate in Microbiology, UW-Madison.
Undergraduate Researcher
July 2004 - December 2004
Project: Bioaugmentation of onsite wastewater treatment systems: an assessment of the efficacy of commercial bacterial additives in laboratory-scale anaerobic mesocosms.
Undergraduate Researcher
September 2003 - May 2005
Project: Bioaugmentation of onsite wastewater treatment systems: an assessment of the efficacy of commercial bacterial additives in laboratory-scale anaerobic mesocosms.
Undergraduate Researcher
September 2003 - May 2005
Project: Bioaugmentation of onsite wastewater treatment systems: an assessment of the efficacy of commercial bacterial additives in laboratory-scale anaerobic mesocosms.
High School Science Research Intern through the Madison Metropolitan School District
June 2005 - December 2005
Project: Phosphorus release by bacteria in Lake Mendota sediments
Current: Undergraduate at Grinnell College